{"id":748,"date":"2013-04-05T22:49:36","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T22:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=748"},"modified":"2025-09-09T01:51:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T01:51:37","slug":"meet-the-musicians-jon-gomm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/features\/meet-the-musicians-jon-gomm\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Musicians: Jon Gomm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"introduction\">\n<p>Projected into the media spotlight after a Tweeted &#8220;wow&#8221; from Stephen Fry prompted two million views of his extraordinary guitar playing on YouTube, tickets to Jon Gomm&#8217;s gigs worldwide are selling quicker than his flying fingers.<\/p>\n<p>Even better, you can see him perform at this year&#8217;s Worcester Music Festival for free. Yay! Here, we find out more about the hottest of hot things in guitardom&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jon Gomm - Message In A Bottle\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a-fpLmJHLvw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>How would you describe yourself?<\/h3>\n<p>An introverted extrovert and intellectual dumbass. Oh, and a musician.<\/p>\n<h3>How would you describe your music?<\/h3>\n<p>Acoustic singer songwriter who plays guitar in exciting ways (3,4).<\/p>\n<h3>Which song would you dump in room 101?<\/h3>\n<p>Hmm. So many. So, so many. Fix You by Coldplay. Rock Star by Nickelback. Umbrella by whoever that is by.<\/p>\n<h3>Who is your inspiration?<\/h3>\n<p>There&#8217;s so, so many. Musicians Michael Hedges and Nick Harper are my two biggest, single musical influences, I think.<\/p>\n<h3>What annoys you most?<\/h3>\n<p>My own confusion.<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s your favourite pudding?<\/h3>\n<p>Erm, I don&#8217;t know, black pudding because it terrifies Americans in an hilarious way?<\/p>\n<h3>Are you in love?<\/h3>\n<p>Are you?<\/p>\n<h3>Do you have a reccurring dream? If so, what is it?<\/h3>\n<p>No.<\/p>\n<h3>Where did you play at Worcester Music Festival?<\/h3>\n<p>I mostly played at Marr&#8217;s Bar, which is a wonderful venue. Most towns, even bigger cities, do not have a venue that is as cool, well laid out and well run as Marr&#8217;s Bar. Cherish it, people of Worcester!<\/p>\n<h3>What was the experience like?<\/h3>\n<p>Gigs in Worcester are always good, but the last WMF gig was particularly great, I&#8217;m so grateful to the audience that night. A full house, mostly of very keen audience members, but there were a few passersby too and they had to be won over. If I have to win them over on my own, it can sometimes be hard, but when I have a hundred or two other people in the room all trying to HELP me win them over, it&#8217;s easy. So, if you were there, thanks.<\/p>\n<p>To see Jon Gomm&#8217;s inspirational guitar playing, visit:<\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jongomm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.jongomm.com<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jongommofficial\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/jongommofficial<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jongomm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/jongomm<\/a><br \/>\nYouTube: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/jongomm\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com\/jongomm<\/a><br \/>\nSoundcloud: <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/jongomm\">https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/jongomm<\/a><br \/>\nMyspace: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/jongomm\" target=\"_blank\">www.myspace.com\/jongomm<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Projected into the media spotlight after a Tweeted &#8220;wow&#8221; from Stephen Fry prompted two million views of his extraordinary guitar playing on YouTube, tickets to Jon Gomm&#8217;s gigs worldwide are selling quicker than his flying fingers. Even better, you can see him perform at this year&#8217;s Worcester Music Festival for free. Yay! 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